Developers readying to seek state permits for 636-acre, 1,500-home W. Maui project MAUI NEWS Sunday, July 19, 2010 By CHRIS HAMILTON, Staff Writer OLOWALU – A plan calling for 1,500 homes in a new Olowalu town has had its ardent supporters and equally passionate detractors for five years, and so far the proposed development has […]
Agricultural Zoning
Agricultural Zoning The conversion of good agricultural land into gated communites or luxury estates is a problem for island residents. The loss of farmland and the exclusive nature of luxury development threatens our island way of life. This $2mil Luxury Gated House is build on 4 acres of ag land
Ulupalakua Ranch Donates Land
The Maui News November 29, 2009 By CHRIS HAMILTON, Staff Writer Ulupalakua Ranch owner Pardee Erdman has seen a lot of changes in and around his family’s 18,000-acre operation on Hale-akala’s rolling green leeward slopes. Some of the development he’s been a part of, such as large parcel sales to Makena Resort and Maui Meadows. […]
A&B property designated as important ag lands on Maui
The Maui News June 6, 2009 By ILIMA LOOMIS, Staff Writer MAKENA – The state Land Use Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a request by Alexander & Baldwin to designate more than 27,000 acres on Maui as important agricultural lands. The designation includes lands currently being used for sugar cane cultivation and other farming activity […]